



CARYOPHYLLE.E. 



i65 



ad apicem styl 



pla 



Ovarium sessile, uniloculare, multioVulatum 



tenuis, membranacea 



pice 



in dentes 10 dehiscens. Semina subspheerica > reniform 



des 



membranaceum 



rispermum farinosum. 





perennes, ramosse, dichotomse. Folia exstipulata, 



orum 



fasciculata. Flor 



r j — y 



rarius axillares et solitarii. 



cymos 





(6o 7 .) 



1. 



CERASTIUM 



VULGATUM 



C. hirsutum; caulibus erectis; foliis obovato-oblongis , basi angustatis, obtusissimis ; 

 floribus subcorymbosis 5 pedunculis calycem aequantibus ; petalis calyce paulo longioribus ; 

 capsulis cylindraceis , calyce duplo longioribus. 



Cerastium vulgatum. Linn. Spec. 627. — Ser. in DC. Prod. 1 , p. 4i5, 



In Brasilia meridionali haud infrequens. • . 





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2. 



CERASTIUM COMMERSONIANUM. 



C. puberulum, viscidum; caulibus decumbentibus ; foliis lanceolatis , amplexicaulibus ; 

 floribus laxe cymosis; pedunculis calyce longioribus; petalis calycem paululum superanti- 

 bus; capsulis cylindraceis , calyce duplo longioribus. 



Cerastium Commersonianum. Ser. in DC. Prodr. 1 , p. 4 T 7- 



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Caulis lY-pedalis, decumbens, dichotomus, ramosus, herbaceus, inferne teres, superne angulosus, 

 dense puberulus, pilis apice glandulosis. Folia lanceolata, amplexicaulia, ima basi connata, acuta, 

 integerrima, utrinque prsesertim subtiis pilis brevibus glandulosis scabra, nervo medio subtus pro- 

 minulo; inferiora i-ijpoll. longa, 2-2yl. lata; superiora gradatim abbreviata; suprema minima, brac- 

 teeeformia. Intereodia inferiora 8-10 1. longa, superiora i|-2-pollicaria. Flores cymosi, cyma multi- 

 flora : pedicelli 2-4 1. longi, deflexi, pube densa vestiti. Calyx 5-partitus, 2 1. longus, laxe puberulus; 

 foliola oblonga, obtusa, membranacea, venosa. Petala receptaculo inserta, basi inter se ope filamen- 

 torum coalita, bifida, lobis acutiusculis, venosis, calycem paidulum superantia, alba. Stamina 10, petalis 

 paulobreviora, glabra : filamenta complanata, basidilatata, apice subulata : antheree ellipticee. Pistillum 

 petala superans, glabrum : styli longi, filiformes : stigmata brevissima, ad apicem stylorum lateralia : 

 ovarium oblongum, uniloculare, pluriovulatum : ovula placentse centrali affixa. Capsula calyce duplo 



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